The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town

The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town

AuthorJohn Grisham
GenreNon-fiction, True Crime
Original LanguageEnglish
First published2006-10-10
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NotesThe Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town is a 2006 nonfiction book by John Grisham. The book tells the story of Ronald 'Ron' Keith Williamson of Ada, Oklahoma, a former minor league baseball player who was wrongly convicted in 1988 of the rape and murder of Debra Sue Carter in Ada and was sentenced to death. After serving 11 years on death row, he was exonerated by DNA evidence and other material introduced by the Innocence Project and was released in 1999.
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